Outline:

1. Go over syllabus
   
2. Course prefect: Kate Finstuen-Magro
   
3. Introduction to Computer Science
   
   • What is Computer Science?
     
   • What makes a programming language?
     
   • Python: IDLE, print() and basic operators
     
   • Python: input(), functions, and variables
   • Python: eval() versus int() or float()
4. Exercises 1 + 2
   
5. An example program: chaos.py
   
   • Discuss each line
     
   • Save chaos.py as a .py file in IDLE
     
   • Run with different starting values for x
6. Exercises 3 + 4
   
7. Discuss float representation

Reading assignment (to be completed by the next class):

• Zelle chapter 1 (pp. 1-21)